iyawo can translate to wife, girlfriend or female partner.

A new wife.

Iyawo" means mother child to particular person dat deserve it.

a new wife!!

@ Topic


A new wife

This person who has referred to you twice as Iyawo, what exactly is your relationship with him? Are you married? Is he about to marry you? Are you co-habiting? Questions, questions,

Iyawo !. Means a female usually a woman that is submisive to her husband.that could stay wit a husband either in sickness or in poor.that is able to love her husband on matter any condition .that any african man can call a wife.

No, it simply means "wife". There are different types of "iyawo" but "iyawo" is "wife" and "wife" is "wife".

House should stop confusing the already confused I.B. Seun thank u for being nice to I.B.  Iyawo as a Yoruba vocabulary has literal meaning of wife though it can be used as a slang to have another meaning like lover, baby girl even female friend.

Just follow the statistic of the answer given by the house, u'll see that over 80% of the house gave the meaning as wife. so[b] IYAWO means WIFE[/b][i][/i]

wife

TEE ZERO:

This person who has referred to you twice as Iyawo, what exactly is your relationship with him? Are you married? Is he about to marry you? Are you co-habiting? Questions, questions,

gbeborun

@ poster
iyawo means wife or wifey

Please bring this discussion to the new Yorubaland web site : http://www.yorubaland.org

Iyawo means wife or bride, in some parts of Nigeria, especially the Yoruba side.

However, i found this on wiki:

There are generally two types of priesthood in the different nations of Candomble, and they are made up of those who possess Orisa (Iyawo) and those who do not (Oga - male/Ekeji - female). It is important not to confuse the meaning and usage of the Yoruba term Iyawo (bride in Yoruba) with other African derived religions that use the same term with different meanings.

The initiation of a Iyawo lasts generally 21 days in the Ketu nation and varies depending on the nation. The Iyawo's role in the religion is divined by their babalorisa/iyalorisa; one's role can be to take care of Iyawos as they are being initiated, becoming an expert in all the Orisa foods, becoming an iya or babalorisa themselves, or knowing all ritual songs, etc,  The Iyawo has 7 years within which to become proficient in their role; during the 7 year wait, they complete religious obligations at 1, 3 and 7 years. At the 7th year, the Iyawo receives their title (oye in Yoruba) and assumes the function. Once the Iyawo has completed their 7th year obligation, they become elders (egbon in Yoruba, egbomi in Brazil which means my elder) within their religious family.

It seems there are Yoruba based cultures outside of Nigeria which don't exactly mirror the original Yoruba culture and structure from Nigeria.





TheOneBK's post:

I think these sites may help a bit,  from my experiance, an Iyawo is a person that has just been reborn in the Yoruba religion. 


http://www.church-of-the-lukumi.org/decreeiyawo02.htm


http://www.angelfire.com/my/IyawoExperience/

got me confused, since I've never known Iyawo to mean anything but wife.

@layemi

Yes, IYAWO means wife,but the modernized meaning of IYAWO means someone that doesn't have work to do probable someone that stays at home all day doing nothing.

Why are you people confusing this lady? Iyawo simply means "WIFE" whether she stays at home or not.

@poster,
Iyawo=wayo

willy*2:

@poster,
Iyawo=wayo

hahahahahahahahahaha

It means torture (iya) look(wo)
Iya+wo= Torture look!!!

Don't be misled, Iyawo means W I F E

Iyawo means wife, got its name from Iya ti Orunmila je ni iwo. A lady was given to Orunmila, legendary Ifa priest after so much suffering at Iwo town in the present Osun State, so he then called the events of marrying the lady as "ere iya Iwo" reward of Iwo sufferings"


Iyawo is WIFE another name is Aya.

Can some please tell me how to say

Will you Marry me in Yoruba.

Much appreciated

It means wife.

@poster na wa o.after eating your pounded iyan and egusi soup finish the man come dey call you iyawo?my sister wahala dey o,the thing get as he be o,ponded iyan,egusi soup and iyawo na wa o,no be for my mouth you go hear say iyawo means come make we do

iyawo means wife. olodo

it means branch and see suffer hehehehe

Iyawo is a person who has just iniciated into Santeria religion. Iyawo lasts for 1 year and the person is commonly known because they have to wear white clothes the entire year. is like being a child again, white represents purity.

^^^ really . .is that the defination in your country??

The meaning the poster is looking for is simple and clear: W- I- F- E

EXCUSEE ME . OKAY iYAWO DOSNT MEAN WiFE ; BECAUSE AS WE SPEAK i AM A iYAWO iT MEANS THE REBiRTH OF A PERSON A CHANGE iN LiFE THAT WAT iT MEANS iN YORUBA TERMS iTS PART OF THE SANTERiA RELiGiON , i HAVE TO BE DRESSED iN WHiTE COMiNG HOME AT CERTAiN HOURS WEARiNG BEADS OR WHAT NOT ONCE AGAiN iT MEANS THE REBiRTH OF A PERSON THE 1ST YEAR THEY HAVE TO DRESS iN WHiTE AND EVERYTHING CANT TAKE PiCTURES i SHOULD KNOW CAUSE i DiD SANTO ONCE AGAiN AND AM A iYAWO , (: THANK YOUUU


- OCHUN Y CHANGO <3

iyawo ochu:

EXCUSEE ME . OKAY iYAWO DOSNT MEAN WiFE ; BECAUSE AS WE SPEAK i AM A iYAWO iT MEANS THE REBiRTH OF A PERSON A CHANGE iN LiFE THAT WAT iT MEANS iN YORUBA TERMS iTS PART OF THE SANTERiA RELiGiON , i HAVE TO BE DRESSED iN WHiTE COMiNG HOME AT CERTAiN HOURS WEARiNG BEADS OR WHAT NOT ONCE AGAiN iT MEANS THE REBiRTH OF A PERSON THE 1ST YEAR THEY HAVE TO DRESS iN WHiTE AND EVERYTHING CANT TAKE PiCTURES i SHOULD KNOW CAUSE i DiD SANTO ONCE AGAiN AND AM A iYAWO , (: THANK YOUUU


- OCHUN Y CHANGO <3

Are you okay? Just asking.

Change in Life ko change in death ni.

I don hear another thing today.

Iyawo ochuchu

must we take your own meaning over the actual one?

Frizy:

It means torture (iya) look(wo)
Iya+wo= Torture look!!!

You tried but I think it has its source from ''IGBEYAWO which means to test sufferness which literally refers to the guy to be ready for the difficulties in marriage.
meanwhile,iyawo means to ''experience difficulty''.the english word for it is wife.

~Bluetooth:

You tried but I think it has its source from ''IGBEYAWO which means to test sufferness which literally refers to the guy to be ready for the difficulties in marriage.
meanwhile,iyawo means to ''experience difficulty''.the english word for it is wife.

God punish you